1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,000 And now, transcribed for tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 2 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Suspense. 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:21,240 Tonight, the story of a dancer who's still in her dressing room after the theater is 4 00:00:21,240 --> 00:00:25,120 emptied spends the most terrifying moments of her life. 5 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:31,560 So now, starring Shirley Mitchell and Vic Perrin, here is tonight's Suspense play, Blind 6 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:32,560 Date. 7 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:44,640 The DeMarcos and Mamie had said goodbye. 8 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:45,640 That left me alone backstage. 9 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:46,640 I'm always late anyway. 10 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:47,640 Eight acts on the bill and I'm always the last to leave the theater. 11 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:48,640 Hiya, cutie. 12 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:49,640 What do you mean coming into a lady's dressing room without night? 13 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:58,160 I never heard of a cowboy who didn't know how to say, are you decent? 14 00:00:58,160 --> 00:00:59,160 Oh, relax. 15 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:00,160 Take it easy. 16 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,160 We can't all be double jointed. 17 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:02,160 What do you want? 18 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:03,160 He's outside. 19 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:04,160 Who's outside? 20 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,160 Oh, some John you won't like. 21 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,160 Says he's got a date with you. 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,840 Oh, baby, you're closing tonight. 23 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,360 Tomorrow you'll be in far off Detroit. 24 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,160 And well, you wish you'd done the loop with me once. 25 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,160 Huh. 26 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:17,160 I'll let you and me go our own service. 27 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:18,960 I have a date, thank you. 28 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:20,440 Go out and tell him to come in if you please. 29 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:21,920 I can't do better than him. 30 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,660 You got talent in those joints. 31 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:25,280 You need somebody to watch out for you. 32 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:26,840 In the profession, I mean. 33 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,160 What's a cute little trick like you taking forth billing to a lot of acrobats? 34 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,120 You stick to your cowboy profession and I'll worry about my billing. 35 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:35,120 Yeah. 36 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,560 Still mad because I tried to kiss you. 37 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,360 Now, Gloria, this is your last night. 38 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:43,880 I told you before I don't like to be touched by you or anybody else. 39 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,120 Hey, I'm beginning to think you mean it. 40 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:47,120 Get out of here. 41 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:48,120 Okay, okay. 42 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,600 But your stage door Johnny ain't gonna be no improvement, believe me. 43 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:53,600 The idea. 44 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:54,600 The very idea. 45 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:55,600 Oh, darn it. 46 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,720 Where'd I put that powder pot? 47 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,840 Oh. 48 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:04,520 I believe I'm on time. 49 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,960 The clock on the Wrigley Tower has just struck 11. 50 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:07,960 I'm Vincent Hawthorne. 51 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:08,960 Oh, yeah. 52 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:09,960 Yeah. 53 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,000 And I thought the day wonderful till I saw the night. 54 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Hmm? 55 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Come again? 56 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,000 Not what you expected. 57 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Of course not. 58 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,120 Well, I won't you come in Mr. Mr. 59 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:21,120 Hawthorne. 60 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,960 Here, let me take your hat Mr. Hawthorne. 61 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:24,960 Thank you. 62 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:25,960 I'll only be a minute. 63 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:26,960 I'm leaving Chicago. 64 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:27,960 Close tonight, you know. 65 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:28,960 Detroit tomorrow. 66 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:29,960 I was delayed with packing and all. 67 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:30,960 I'm not quite dressed. 68 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:31,960 There. 69 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:33,600 That's the props anyway. 70 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,680 A theatrical trunk. 71 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:37,960 All this is a big thrill to me. 72 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,440 Gloria Lafay, theater rush. 73 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,600 Gloria Lafay, trends in bends. 74 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:43,600 That's me. 75 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:44,600 Well, well. 76 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,800 This is my first experience meeting an artist. 77 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:48,800 Oh. 78 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:49,800 Gloria. 79 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:50,800 A lovely name, Gloria. 80 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:51,800 It fits you. 81 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:52,800 You're a very lovely girl. 82 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:53,800 Hmm. 83 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:54,800 And what have you got there? 84 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:55,800 It's a flower. 85 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:56,800 A rose for you. 86 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:57,800 Here. 87 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:58,800 Oh, well thanks. 88 00:02:58,800 --> 00:02:59,800 I like roses. 89 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,800 I thought it would look nice in your hair, Gloria. 90 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:02,800 Oh, yeah. 91 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:03,800 Thanks. 92 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:04,800 Thanks a lot. 93 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:05,800 That's real nice. 94 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:06,800 Thanks. 95 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:07,800 For your hair, yes. 96 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:08,800 And this. 97 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:10,480 This is something for the two of us. 98 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:11,480 Is that whiskey? 99 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:12,480 Oh, hardly. 100 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:13,480 Champagne. 101 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,960 Paul Roger, 37. 102 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:20,120 It has a fine bouquet. 103 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,760 Should lend a note of cheer to our little dressing room. 104 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:23,760 Eh? 105 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:24,760 See? 106 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:25,760 Two glasses. 107 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,480 I thought of everything. 108 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,520 Fine wines should always be sipped from crystal. 109 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:31,520 Don't you agree? 110 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:32,760 I planned on going out. 111 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:33,760 Oh, certainly. 112 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:34,760 But I thought that... 113 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:35,760 Well, you thought wrong. 114 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:36,760 Whatever you thought, Mr. Hawthorne. 115 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:37,760 We aren't staying here. 116 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:38,760 Now, I'll only be a minute. 117 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:39,760 I'll finish dressing behind the screen. 118 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:40,760 Say, um, do you have a minute? 119 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:41,760 I'm sorry. 120 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:42,760 I'm sorry. 121 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:43,760 Say, um, Mr. Hawthorne. 122 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:44,760 Yes? 123 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:45,760 Uh, what's your first name? 124 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:46,760 Vincent, my dear. 125 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:47,760 Say, Vincent. 126 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:48,760 Um, Vincent. 127 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:49,760 Just so we get everything clear on both sides, um, this is a sort of a funny situation. 128 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:50,760 I don't know quite how... 129 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:51,760 Are you concerned because we're having what is called a blind date? 130 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:52,760 That's it. 131 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:53,760 I just wanted it to be understood on both sides that I am not in the habit. 132 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:54,760 But lately, I've been thinking about it. 133 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:55,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 134 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:56,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 135 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:57,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 136 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:58,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 137 00:03:58,760 --> 00:03:59,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 138 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:00,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 139 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:01,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 140 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:02,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 141 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:13,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 142 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:22,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 143 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:33,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 144 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:42,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 145 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:53,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 146 00:04:53,760 --> 00:05:02,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 147 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:13,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 148 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:22,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 149 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:33,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 150 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:42,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 151 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:53,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 152 00:05:53,760 --> 00:06:07,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 153 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:27,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 154 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:35,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 155 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:36,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 156 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:37,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 157 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:38,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 158 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:39,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 159 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:40,760 I'm not sure if I should be. 160 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:41,760 I'm sorry, Gloria. 161 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:42,760 I'm sorry my knife frightened you. 162 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:43,760 I don't know. 163 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:44,760 I think you'd better go. 164 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:45,760 Please, Gloria, don't be angry with me. 165 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:51,080 I'm most anxious to take you to Gregory's where you once went with your mother, dear Diane, 166 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,080 many years ago. 167 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,080 I don't know. 168 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,840 You will have something you didn't have at that time. 169 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:59,040 Cognac, French cognac. 170 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,560 In a quiet corner by candlelight. 171 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,080 There'll be music. 172 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,560 What does a girl do when she draws a fellow like you? 173 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:12,080 Why, she has a little glass of wine to celebrate. 174 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,080 Good. 175 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,680 Good. 176 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:18,680 Here we go. 177 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,920 You haven't said anything about my dress. 178 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,080 One for you, one for me. 179 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,720 Oh, thanks. 180 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:27,680 Here's to a pleasant evening, Vincent. 181 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:28,680 No, Gloria. 182 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:29,680 Here's to us. 183 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:30,680 Okay. 184 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:31,680 Here's to us. 185 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,280 There. 186 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:39,280 That's a little better. 187 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:40,280 Nice. 188 00:07:40,280 --> 00:07:44,520 Vincent, what does somebody like you do for a living? 189 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,920 I was a part of Rembrandt and Morris wine merchants. 190 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,440 Oh. 191 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:57,640 Gloria, when you bend back like you do and you drink out of that glass, is that wine you 192 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:58,640 drink? 193 00:07:58,640 --> 00:07:59,640 Oh, no. 194 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:01,640 That's only colored water. 195 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:07,520 Did you know that the cork in the bottle is sometimes more expensive than the wine itself? 196 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:08,520 You don't say. 197 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:09,880 It's imported from Spain, you know. 198 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:10,880 That's what costs. 199 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:11,880 Oh. 200 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:17,400 Another thing I've wondered about, is it true it's bad luck to whistle in the dressing 201 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:18,400 room? 202 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:19,400 Oh, that's silly. 203 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,640 That's a chorus girl superstition. 204 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:22,920 Artists don't worry about that. 205 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,760 I'm grateful you answered my note this afternoon. 206 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:34,400 Vincent, why did you send the note to me with those six beautiful Cardoza sisters on the 207 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:35,400 same bill? 208 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,800 I thought them very ordinary girls, not in the least beautiful. 209 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:39,800 Not as you are beautiful. 210 00:08:39,800 --> 00:08:40,800 Oh, now. 211 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,280 What made you answer my note? 212 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,960 I had three birds this morning. 213 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:44,960 Birds? 214 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:46,720 Tea leaves means good luck. 215 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,140 Then when I got your note, naturally I took it to Mamie. 216 00:08:49,140 --> 00:08:50,420 She does handwriting too. 217 00:08:50,420 --> 00:08:51,760 She said you were a fine gentleman. 218 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:55,080 Otherwise, I wouldn't have answered you because I've never had a blind date before. 219 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,800 Then I'm most grateful to Mamie. 220 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,600 Well, I think it's just about time we left. 221 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,640 Oh, I don't know, Gloria. 222 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,720 I see you have a portable phonograph. 223 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:06,720 Travel with it? 224 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:07,720 It's an old one. 225 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:08,720 It doesn't work too well. 226 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:09,720 I've got to have it fixed. 227 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,720 I'm very fond of music, Gloria. 228 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,720 What do you have here? 229 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:15,720 It doesn't work. 230 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:17,720 This one, Moonlight Madonna. 231 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,200 It's the music you use in your act. 232 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,200 Let's play it. 233 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,640 I told you the phonograph doesn't work. 234 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:25,640 All right, now come on. 235 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:26,640 I think you're wrong, Gloria. 236 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:27,640 You see? 237 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:28,640 It works fine, see? 238 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:29,640 I finished my drink, so come on. 239 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:30,640 Couldn't we have another one and listen to the record? 240 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:31,640 No, I've had enough and you've had enough. 241 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:32,640 Now let's get the... 242 00:09:32,640 --> 00:09:33,640 Must you wear that fur piece? 243 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:34,640 For your information, Mr. Wiseguy, this fur piece was given to me by Mr. John Meston and 244 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:35,640 is practically unattainable on today's market. 245 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:36,640 You just can't get it nowadays. 246 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:37,640 I can wear this anywhere, anywhere at all. 247 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:38,640 What I mean, Gloria, is that you can't wear it anywhere. 248 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:39,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 249 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:40,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 250 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:41,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 251 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:42,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 252 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:43,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 253 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:44,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 254 00:09:44,640 --> 00:10:05,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 255 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:28,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 256 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:49,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 257 00:10:49,640 --> 00:11:08,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 258 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:23,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 259 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:39,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 260 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:54,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 261 00:11:54,640 --> 00:12:09,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 262 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:24,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 263 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:39,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 264 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:54,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 265 00:12:54,640 --> 00:13:09,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 266 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:24,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 267 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:39,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 268 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:54,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 269 00:13:54,640 --> 00:14:09,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 270 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:24,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 271 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:39,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 272 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:54,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 273 00:14:54,640 --> 00:15:09,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 274 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:24,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 275 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:39,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 276 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:48,640 You can't wear it anywhere. 277 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:53,640 It's just that I want to see you exactly as you look when you're performing on the stage. 278 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,640 You're so very lovely, Gloria. 279 00:15:58,640 --> 00:15:59,640 You're so lovely. 280 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,640 All that isn't going to make me forget that knife or what you've done. 281 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,640 I'm just a humble man, a human being, same as you. 282 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,640 But I'm lonely, Gloria. 283 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,640 Terribly, unendurably lonely. 284 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,640 Ah, you've got a friend. 285 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,640 Have you put on the costume, Gloria? 286 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:19,640 Yes. 287 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:21,640 Here it is. 288 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,640 All right. Take your look, Mr. Hawthorne. 289 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:26,640 Well? 290 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:28,640 Lovely. 291 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:30,640 It's lovely. 292 00:16:30,640 --> 00:16:31,640 All right then. Now I... 293 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:33,640 Look. 294 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:34,640 What are you... 295 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:35,640 What are you doing? 296 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:37,640 How can you perform without music? 297 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:38,640 Perform? 298 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:40,640 Why else would I ask you to put on your costume? 299 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:43,640 You're going to perform for me. 300 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:45,640 I'm not putting on a special act for anybody. 301 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,640 You can't imagine, Gloria, the effect it has on me. 302 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,640 Where you twist and turn, slowly, silently, 303 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:58,640 so slow, so lovely, 304 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,640 and so alone, so very much alone. 305 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:06,640 Alone? How can I be alone in a theater full of people? 306 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,640 You can be alone in a city of a million people. 307 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,640 You had no one in the theater, Gloria, even though it was crowded. 308 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:16,640 But now, here, in your dressing room, you have me to watch. 309 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:18,640 And you can perform for me alone. 310 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,640 Hey! What's the idea of turning off the lights? 311 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:23,640 All but the ones around your mirror. 312 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:25,640 That's your spotlight, Gloria. 313 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:27,640 You're on stage. 314 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,640 Only it's all for me and no one else. 315 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,640 Don't... don't scream again. 316 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:34,640 Don't scream whatever you do. 317 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:36,640 It upsets me. 318 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:39,640 If... if... if... 319 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,640 If I do my act for you, 320 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:46,640 if... if I do it just the way I do it on stage, only... only just for you, 321 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,640 if I do it for you like that, will you go away? 322 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:51,640 Yes, Gloria. 323 00:17:52,640 --> 00:17:54,640 That's all I want you to do. 324 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:56,640 Just as if you were on stage. 325 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:58,640 All... all right. 326 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:00,640 All right, sure. 327 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:02,640 Sure. 328 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:07,640 That's right, Gloria. 329 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,640 Graceful. 330 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:12,640 Very graceful. 331 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,640 Slowly. 332 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:17,640 Slowly. 333 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,640 Why can't you do it for me? Why? Why? 334 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,640 You weren't clumsy in the theater when all those other people were watching. 335 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:25,640 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 336 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:26,640 It's such a small room. 337 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:27,640 Never mind. Never mind. 338 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:28,640 Go on. Go on. 339 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:30,640 Go. 340 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:34,640 Yes. 341 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:35,640 Yes. 342 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:38,640 Yes, that's right, Gloria. 343 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:41,640 Easy. 344 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:43,640 Slowly, remember. 345 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:45,640 Slowly. 346 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,640 I can't! I can't! I can't! 347 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,640 No matter what you're gonna do and I don't know what it is, 348 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,640 I just can't go on with my act anymore. 349 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,640 I just can't do it. 350 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:58,640 I'm a decent, self-respecting girl. 351 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:00,640 And I accepted your invitation. 352 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,640 I thought you were gonna be nice because of your handwriting. 353 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:04,640 And you've got me so scared I don't... 354 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,640 No matter what I do or say, I can't seem to please you. 355 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,640 Why can't you go away? 356 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,640 Why don't you just get out of our dressing room and leave me alone? 357 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:17,640 I hate you! I hate you! You understand? 358 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,640 I hate you! 359 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:22,640 You hate me? 360 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,640 Well, let me tell you something. 361 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,640 Every girl with a nice dress and pretty face hates me, Gloria. 362 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:29,640 I don't care anymore. 363 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,640 I was lonely and I went to the theater and I saw you there on stage 364 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,640 and I thought you were beautiful. 365 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,640 I thought if I could see you alone in that same old costume, 366 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,640 if you wore it just for me and performed just for me, 367 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:42,640 then I wouldn't be lonely anymore. 368 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,640 That would be enough, but it isn't enough. 369 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:46,640 Don't... don't come near me. 370 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:47,640 Don't touch me. 371 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,640 A kiss is the cheapest thing in the world. 372 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,640 No. No, stay away. 373 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,640 A kiss means nothing to you. 374 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,640 But to me it means everything. 375 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:57,640 Please, no! Stay away! 376 00:19:57,640 --> 00:19:59,640 A kiss would cure my loneliness, Gloria. 377 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:00,640 I'll never kiss you! 378 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,640 Oh, I think you will. 379 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,640 I think you will. 380 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,640 A knife! Oh, please! 381 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,640 Now... 382 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,640 Now just tilt your head back. 383 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:15,640 That's right. 384 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:17,640 Now... 385 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:19,640 Vincent... 386 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:22,640 Darling... 387 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:23,640 What? 388 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,640 I said, darling. 389 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,640 Why did you say that? 390 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:33,640 What... what would you say if... if I really kissed you? 391 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,640 What do you mean? 392 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:40,640 You... you said a kiss means everything to you. 393 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,640 Do you want me to really kiss you? 394 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,640 I... I can't believe it. 395 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,640 I... I'd kiss you. 396 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,640 I... I really would, but... 397 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,640 But what? 398 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:55,640 Gloria? 399 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,640 I'm... I'm afraid of... of your knife. 400 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,640 Do you actually want to kiss me? 401 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,640 Yes. 402 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:07,640 But the knife scares me. 403 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:11,640 I... I never meant to use it, Gloria. 404 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:14,640 Here. 405 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:16,640 You take it. 406 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,640 Now. 407 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,640 I'll kiss you! 408 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,640 I'll kiss you! 409 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:23,640 Gloria! 410 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:24,640 Huck! 411 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:25,640 Huck! 412 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,640 What have I done? 413 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,640 What have I done? 414 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:43,640 What have I done? 415 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:46,640 What have I done? 416 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,640 What have I done? 417 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,640 They'd been looking for him ever since he left London. 418 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,640 They knew all about him, so they let me go. 419 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,640 Self-defense. 420 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:12,640 Loneliness is a terrible thing, he said. 421 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,640 Well, no matter how lonesome I get, 422 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,640 I'll never have another blind date, 423 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,640 as long as I live. 424 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,640 Suspense. 425 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:25,640 In which Shirley Mitchell starred as Gloria 426 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,640 and Vic Perrin as Vincent with Lee Millar as Bill. 427 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:47,920 And in which the 428 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,920 story of a motion picture producer and a young actress 429 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:53,920 who finds to her dismay that she has rather more dramatic talent 430 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,920 than even she ever hoped for. 431 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,920 We call it Shooting Star. 432 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:02,920 That's next week on... 433 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:18,920 Suspense. 434 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,920 Suspense is produced and transcribed by Norman MacDonald 435 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:24,920 with music composed by Lucian Morawick 436 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,920 and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 437 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,920 Blind Date was specially written for Suspense 438 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,920 by E. Jack Newman and Harrison Eggly. 439 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,920 Listen while you work. 440 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,920 Enjoy the second Mrs. Burton Monday through Friday in the daytime 441 00:23:41,920 --> 00:24:00,920 on CBS Radio Network.